Burglar catching device



Oct. 24, 1939. R. c. JIMENEZ BURGLAR CATCHING DEVICE Filed larch 21,1956 3 Sheets-Sheet l FIG-5 1 \"LJOR. QAMOK L IiMENEZ M L, Q

ATTORNEY.

0d. 1939. R. c. JIMENEZ BURGLAR CATCHING DEVICE Filed larch 21, 1936 3Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

RAMON Q JIMENEZ y m m Oct. 24, 1939. R. c. JIMENEZ 2,177,140

BURGLAR CATCHING DEVICE Filed March 21, 1936 3 Sheets-Sheet s FIGJSINVENTOR. RAMON C. JIMENES ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 24, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFHCE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in burglarcatching devices, and it has for its object to provide a combineddevice, which in a'reliable'manner will serve to catch a personunlawfully entering a room through a window.

It should in this connection be noted that the fire alarm device willreadily lend itself to be connected' to a city fire alarm system.

lov As the device is comparatively simple of construction, the cost ofmanufacturing the same should be proportionately low.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of thenovel features of conlg i; struction, combination and arrangement ofparts,

hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings formingpart of this specification, and in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding 20- parts in all views,and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of my device.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line 2-2 in Figure 1.

25 Figures 3 and 5 represent fragmentary perspective views of thedevice, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional, view, taken on the line 4-4 in Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a vertical section through an upper 3(1- center board, orburglar catching member.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of said board;

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a bottom board adapted toco-operatewith said upper center board.

35 Figure 9 shows an end view of the'board illustrated in Figure 8.

Figure 10 is a detail view, showing the bottom board and somecooperating parts.

. Figure 11 is a perspective view, showing sub- 40 stantially theconstruction illustrated in Figure 10, and also a front panel below saidbottom board; said front panel having a wiring system arranged thereon,or in connection therewith, as part of the electric wiring system foroperating 45 the device. a

Figure 12 is a perspective View of parts, shown in the Figures 10 and11.

Figure 13 is a perspective view of the inner por- 50 tion of a windowframe, showing detail parts thereof.

Figure 14 is another detail view, showing a magnet embodied in the framecasing of a window, and relating to the illustration shown in 55 Figure13.

Figure 15 is a diagrammatic sketch of the wiring incidental to mydevice.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 40 indicates a windowconstructed, according to my invention, as a burglar catching device. 5

In said window, which consists, as usually, of two movable parts, orsections, only one of said sections has been shown provided with thedevice applied thereto; while the latter naturally may be applied toboth such window sections. 10,

In Figures 2 and 3 is shown the sash ii of a window section 52; saidsash has a groove 43 formed therein for the usual cord, while a metalplate 45 is arranged in a depression in said sash and actuated by aspring 45; said plate, which is 15 provided with studs 36, it, issecured to the sash by a screw 47, and guided relative to said sash bymeans of a pin 48 loosely protruding through an orifice in said metalplate 44. At the bottom of said sash 41 is an angular metal fitting 49adapted to have a weight 56 suspended therefrom by means of a cord 95,the purpose of said weight being, When released, to pull said windowsection down; as, however, the end 53 of the metal fitting 49 projects alittle outside the memher 62, protecting strips 55, shown in Figure l,and partly grooved, as shown at 52 in Figure 5, are secured to the innerwindow frame thus concealing the end of the member 53 from outside view.

i'he studs 46, 46 are adapted to engage in operation, that is, when aburglar is caught between the lower window section 32 and the projection59 upon the upper center board 58, a recess 54, as shown in Figures 13and 14, which recess is formed in the end 55 of a spool-shaped magneto56, arranged in the window frame and projecting through the latter, asshown especially in Figure 13. It being understood that only one of thestuds, as the case may be, engages said recess. Upon each side of saidprojecting end 55 of the magnet, guide plates 51, 5'! are arranged.

The upper center board, or burglar catching member 58, shown in theFigures 6 and '7, is formed with an upwardly projecting board 59,between which latter board and the lower window section 60, as shown inFigure 1, the burglar is supposed to be caught.

Said board 58 has downwardly projecting studs GI, and electrical contactplates 62 and 63 adapted to co-act with the contact plates 62' and 63'upon the upper surface of the bottom board 68, shown in Figure 8; properinsulation being provided for in regard to said contact plates,respectively. The plate, or board, shown in Figure 8 is provided withspring actuated studs 64, 64, which fit into the lower surface of theupper center board, shown in Figure '7, through orifices 66, 6B in thelat ter, that is through the slate insulating material indicated at 65;said insulating material being furnished both the upper center board andbottom board, the studs 64, 64, are engaged by screws, not shown herein,which are inserted through the top of the center board, shown in Figure'7, and threaded into orifices 61 formed in the end portions of thescrews 64.

When a burglar in his'eiforts to make his way through an open window,passes the projecting portion 59 and exerts a downward pressure upon thelatter, the upper center board 58, forming the lower portion of theprojecting part 59, presses down upon the bottom board 68, shown inFigure 8 and located beneath said board 58 and the bottom of the windowin Figure 1, but not shown in this view, whereby a projecting stud Mwill press against a hinged member 10, actuated by a spring I I, andmounted on said board 68, as shown in Figure 10, thereby forcing backand releasing the prong, or bar 12, form-ed uponsaid hinged member ID,-the said prong will, in turn, be withdrawn from its position in themetal plate 13 depending from the end of the member 68, and at the sametime become disengaged from the slot formed in another plate 15, whichlatter plate constitutes a link in connection with the hook 16 thatholds the weight 50. A spring 11 is shown upon the stud 6| in Figure 11,whereby to make the upper member 58 return to its former position afteroperation.

Below the member 68 is arranged a board 81, which serves as support fora board 88, upon which wires 89 are mounted for the hook-up of a wiringsystem.

At the time, upon the entrance of a burglar,

, the center board 58 has been pressed down upon the bottom board 68,the weights 56 will, according to the operation of the mechanismrelevant thereto, as hereinbefore described and which applies to bothsides of a Window, be released and pull the lower Window section 42 downtight upon the burglar caught between said section and the projectingboard 59 of the center board 58; simultaneously, an electric currentwill be started through the means of the contacts upon the respectiveboards, 58 and 68, when the latter boards are brought together, with theresult that the plate 44 upon the sash 4| is attracted to It is obviousthat changes may be made in the form, construction, and arrangement ofthe several parts, as shown and described herein, with in the scope ofthe appended claims, without de-V parting from the spirit of theinvention, and I do not therefore wish to limit myself to the exactconstruction and arrangement shown and described herein.

The parts shown in Figure 15 are arranged at the topv of the window andwithin the frame of the latter, as indicated by 86 in dotted lines inFigure 1.

What I claim as new and Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a device of the class described, an angular bar horizontallyarranged, a cord secured to said bar, and a weight suspended by saidcord, a center board formed with an upwardly projecting section, and abottom board cooperating with said center board, a. spring actuatedplate hinged to the bottom board, and a bar rigidly secured to saidplate, a rectangular member formed with an opening therein and adaptedto receive said second bar in said opening during operation, and a hookengaging said rectangular member, said weight depending from said hookand said r-ectangular member being secured tosaid cord.

2. In a window section, an angular bar hori zontally arranged at thebottom of a sash member, a cord secured to said bar and a weightsuspended by said cord, a center board formed with an upwardlyprojecting section, and a bottom board cooperating with said centerboard, a spring actuated plate hinged to the bottom board, and a barrigidly secured to said plate, a rectangular member formed with anopening therein and adapted to receive said second bar in said openingduring operation, and a hook engaging said rectangular member, saidweight depending from said hook and said rectangular member beingsecured to said cord.

RAMON C. JIMENEZ.

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